Hey, Marina kids! Pick up your darn trash!!
Fourth of July revelers left Fort Mason's Great Meadow unabashedly trashed last night.
Fourth of July revelers left Fort Mason's Great Meadow unabashedly trashed last night.
Okay, everyone knows what a trash bin looks like, right?
It’s that round receptacle that you throw your trash into. And if said receptacle happens to be green with arrows on it forming a triangle, any semi-intelligent individual knows that’s a recycle bin, right?
So what’s wrong with the party-goers in the Marina that left mountains of trash in the Great Meadow at Fort Mason after yesterday’s Fourth of July festivities?
I was appalled upon seeing photos on SFist.com and KCET.org of the state the meadow was left in: Mounds of beer boxes and Safeway bags next to a seemingly unnoticed black trash can, plastic bags blowing across the grass heading out towards Crissy Fields.
Members of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area told the site that the clean-up included “raw meat” and unopened food, as well as furniture and seemingly brand new barbeques.
Furniture, kids. Who leaves their furniture at a park?!
And this isn’t the first time that the Fort Mason Meadow has been left in such shambles.
The meadow was trashed earlier this year on – drumroll, please – Earth Day.
What kind of crazy people think its cool to trash a park on Earth Day?!
In an interview with KCET reporter Zach Behrens, National Park Service spokeswoman Alexandra Picavet referred to the recurring messy hoards as “Trash Mobs.” And I don’t know about any of you, but I would be downright embarrassed if I was in a group of people nicknamed for a bunch of garbage.
While park-goers tweeted jokes about the meadow being “Spring Break”-esque or frat-like, an angry Parks department is in talks about banning alcohol and changing park hours.
Note to Trash Mob members: I don’t care how drunk you are, there’s no excuse for not cleaning up after yourself. Have a little self-respect, and respect for your city’s parks.
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